NBA postpones Nuggets-Warriors following COVID outbreak, source says

Thursday’s Denver-Golden State crippled has been postponed successful the aftermath of galore affirmative cases wrong the Nuggets, the NBA announced.

It’s the 2nd Nuggets crippled this play that has been postponed arsenic a effect of spiking COVID cases. The different was astatine Brooklyn connected Dec. 19.

After Bones Hyland, Jeff Green and Zeke Nnaji each entered the wellness and information protocol connected Thursday, the Nuggets didn’t person immoderate caller cases earlier the determination was made to postpone the game, a root told The Denver Post.

It was much a applicable determination due to the fact that successful bid for the Nuggets to scope the NBA-mandated 8 disposable players, it would’ve required astatine slightest 1 oregon 2 of Denver’s injured players to person played. Monte Morris, Aaron Gordon, Vlatko Cancar and Austin Rivers were each listed arsenic questionable connected the team’s wounded study connected Thursday.

Morris, Gordon and Cancar each missed Tuesday’s crippled vs. Golden State.

Outside of the injured group, the lone steadfast players disposable were Will Barton, Facu Campazzo, Nikola Jokic, Bol Bol, Petr Cornelie, JaMychal Green and Davon Reed, who was acceptable to motion a 3rd 10-day declaration with the squad connected Thursday.

Nuggets manager Michael Malone tested affirmative for COVID, arsenic did 2 adjunct coaches, aggregate sources told The Post earlier connected Thursday.